Lookout Mountain School

Lookout Mountain School, a sizable K-5 school in PHOENIX, Arizona, operated by Washington Elementary School District (4260), teaches 979 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Lookout Mountain School sits 117% bigger than that benchmark.

Lookout Mountain School is one of 33 schools operated by Washington Elementary School District (4260), a district that serves 18,816 students overall.

On demographics, Lookout Mountain School logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 22% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. Compared to Maricopa County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) logs that median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Lookout Mountain School is one campus in the mix.

Mountain Sky Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lookout Mountain School.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 970 students in 2018 compared to 979 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 68% to 62%.

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